"If ESPN Radio wanted to make the strongest statement possible about its commitment to the platform, there may not have been a better option available at this moment than bringing Mike Golic home. Sometimes the smartest move isn't chasing what's next. It's recognizing the value of what already worked."
"I'm saddened that it's often the largest media companies — those that rely on creative content and entertainment — that repeatedly eliminate the very people who helped build those organizations into the giants they have become."
"He goes 'I think Cris is usually smart in and his analysis is good but..." Hughes said before Cataldi interrupted by shouting "No he's not! No he's not!", he reiterated. "He's not smart!"
"One of the things that I worried about was that I came from Bleacher Report and is NBC going to try to curtail my personality a little bit…sometimes I like to swear on my podcast and do stuff like that and they’ve really allowed me to be me which I really appreciate.”
"They think they can wait as long as Friday, and I assume that NBC can get the trucks up and everything in place and ready to televise the game Sunday night."
The integrations that viewers will see will include a weekly segment hosted by Chris Simms and Matthew Berry which will highlight storylines and betting odds for the Sunday Night Football game and real-time betting odds on the scoring ticker during FNIA as well.
"(Mike) Tirico doesn't do the opening monologue. So what am I going to do?" Collinsworth asked. "I could lean out, but it'd be stupid. I don't know what you do. Do you just do it for effect"
"Collinsworth had either lost his voice before the game or was in the process of losing it during the game. Whichever is the case, the sports media noticed."
"If ESPN Radio wanted to make the strongest statement possible about its commitment to the platform, there may not have been a better option available at this moment than bringing Mike Golic home. Sometimes the smartest move isn't chasing what's next. It's recognizing the value of what already worked."
"I'm saddened that it's often the largest media companies — those that rely on creative content and entertainment — that repeatedly eliminate the very people who helped build those organizations into the giants they have become."